Info édition : Foreword by Paul Buhle
Prologue
1: THE INTERNAL EMPIRE: * The Massacre at Wounded Knee * Certain White Men * The Pullman Strike * The Open Door Policy
II: THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR: * Antonio Maceo and the Cuban Revolution * The Drumbeat for War * Smoked Yankees: the Black 25th Infantry * Spoils of War
III The INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINES : * Benevolent Assimilation * Republic or Empire? * The Battle of Bud Dajo
IV: WAR IS THE HEALTH OF THE STATE : * Righteous Conquest * The Ludlow Massacre * World War I * Resistance to War
V: GROWING UP CLASS CONSCIOUS : * Poor But Never Hungry * Sacco and Vanzetti * Street Smarts
VI: WORLD WAR II: A PEOPLE'S WAR? : Questioning War * Just Following Orders * The Atomic Age
VII: THE COOL WAR : The Jitterbug Riot * The Cradle of R&B Fandom
VIII: CHILDREN OF THE EMPIRE : * The Quiet War * Civil Rights: Shaken to the Bone * The Bombs in Vietnam Explode at Home * Vietnam: The Domino Theory * From Resistance to Revolt * The My Lai Massacre * A Peace Mission
IX: LAND OF BURNING CHILDREN: * What Happens to a Dream Deferred? * War Resistance at Home * The Second Battle of Wounded Knee
X: THE SAME ROTTING BARREL: * Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers * Hostage to Imperialism
XI: RESURGENCE OF EMPIRE : The Sandinista Revolution * Augusto Sandino * The Covert War in Central America * Massacre at El Mozote (The Thistle) * The Contra War * The Iran-Contra Scandal
XII: COVERT ACTION AND REACTION: * Iran: Overthrowing Democracy * Operation Ajax * Rule and Ruin of the Shah * Permanent War: The Bipartisan Consensus
EPILOGUE: The Possibility of Hope
Bibliography, Credits, Acknowledgements and Index.